Tag Archives: Event Planners

There’s a Blog for That?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by bpalmer

A recurring feature in Convene’s front-of-the-magazine “Plenary” department is “There’s a Meeting For That?” which explores the awe-inspiring range of interests that bring people together. We’ve uncovered everything from the Face Painting and Body Art Convention to Laurapalooza 2010, which … Continue reading →

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Mike Daisey: Hazy Details

Posted on March 19, 2012 by mrussell

Since I posted a blog about my reaction to attending Mike Daisey’s one-man performance, “The Agony and Ecstacy of Steve Jobs,” Daisey has admitted that he fabricated certain elements of his trip to the Foxcomm plant in China. His performance … Continue reading →

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Celebrating #Neuroscience

Posted on March 13, 2012 by bpalmer

  Image by Jared Tarbell, via Creative Commons This week is Brain Awareness Week, a good time to assess the growing influence that neuroscience research is having on how we think about meeting design and creating environments that support learning. … Continue reading →

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Here Are Some Interesting Statistics About Meetings

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Chris Durso

  15 View more presentations from cdurso. How many hotels are opening in the United States this year? What are the top five international meeting destinations? How many meetings does the average planner organize every year? Find out the numbers … Continue reading →

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Live From Convening Leaders

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Chris Durso

  Convene is representing at PCMA 2012 Convening Leaders in San Diego this week — overseeing the PCMA Daily newspaper and maintaining a strong, florally accented presence in the PCMA Partner Lounge. Photo by Andy Chasteen.

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December 2010 Issue: Live!

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Chris Durso

Just in time for Christmas comes the digital edition of our December 2010 issue, whose cover story (and CMP Series article) is a veritable stocking stuffed with bite-sized treats. Intended as a counterpoint to last December’s cover story on change of the high-level, deep-think … Continue reading →

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Happy 41st Birthday, Internet!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by sbeauchamp

Forty-one years ago today, the first message was transmitted over ARPANET, the computer network that would grow into the Internet, when UCLA graduate student Charles Kline sent the world “login” — one letter at a time — to Stanford Research … Continue reading →

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Extra, Extra!: Convene Newsstand

Posted on October 5, 2010 by hslaton

Welcome back to ThisWeek@PCMA‘s online news supplement, Extra, Extra!. So what’s meetings-industry news in late September/early October? Let’s see: Party planners will be happy to hear that, after two years of scaled-back (if not entirely canceled) celebrations, holiday parties are … Continue reading →

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Grocery Bag Epiphany

Posted on March 24, 2010 by bpalmer

Yesterday we put the finishing touches on the May issue of Convene, including a special section on sustainable meetings. I was struck by how, as these convention centers, hotels, and destinations continue to find innovative ways to minimize the environmental … Continue reading →

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King Content

Posted on March 8, 2010 by hslaton

Late last week, I attended an evening presentation event at an art space and performance venue in Brooklyn, New York. (The name of the event will be kept anonymous, in order to protect the innocent from the diatribe that follows.) … Continue reading →

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